Mary Jane (Lacey) Smith (1876)

Born Jul 1876 in Illinois, United States

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Biography

Jane Lacey/aka Mary J. Lacy was born July 1876 in Illinois.

She married Arthur Wright Smith about 1898, according to the 1900 Census.

13 January 1899, they had a son, Ivan L, Smith. In son Ivan's 1924 marriage record, his parents names are given as Arthur Smith and Jane Lacey, establishing her maiden name. ^[1]

07 June 1900, Arthur Smith-25, a farmer laborer born MAY 1875 and his wife, Jane-24, born in JUL 1876, lived in Neoga with their son, Ivan L., aged 1, born JAN 1899. The couple had been married 2 years. Jane had given birth to just the one child. All were born in Illinois.

17 April 1901, they had a son, Lewis Ward Smith. Mary J. Lacy, mother.^[2]

Research Notes

Jane may have passed away between APR 1901 and the end of 1905, as her husband married Arvilla Goodwin about JAN/FEB 1906.

So far, no death or burial records have been found.

Possibly her family in census? Appears to be a supplemental census taken on the lakefront to include sailors and seamen and their families. 30 June 1880 Census record? In Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. listed as Mary, daughter of a seaman, Bryan Lacy-35, born in Scotland. Working on the ship: Resolute. Mother, Catherine-26, b. in Prussia. Other children in the family, all born in Illinois: Chas.-10; "Cattie"-8; E. F.-male-aged 3. and Mary, also aged 3. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-DT89 : 4 November 2017), Arthur Smith in entry for Ivan L Smith and Grace Gentry, 27 Sep 1924; citing Coles, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,520.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJXW-KMT : 18 October 2017), Mary J. Lacy in entry for Lewis Ward Smith and Mabel Florence Hitchings, 24 Oct 1925, Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 398 cn 11798, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,532,005.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNF-G9D : 22 August 2017), Mary Lacy, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 215C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,184.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS72-WZR : accessed 27 May 2020), Jane Smith in household of Arthur Smith, Neoga Township (excl. Neoga vill.), Cumberland, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53, sheet 7A, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,296.

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-DT8S : 4 November 2017), Jane Lacey in entry for Ivan L Smith and Grace Gentry, 27 Sep 1924; citing Coles, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,301,520.